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Accessibility Barometer
Digital Accessibility for People with Special Needs:
Methodology, Conceptual Models and Innovative EcoSystems


Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Proving of Accessibility of Balkan Sacred Sites for People with Special Needs (Part 1)

Autor(s)

Galina Bogdanova, Liana Galabova

Published at

KIN Journal, Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (ISSN: 2367-8038), Volume 7, Issue 2, 2021

Abstract

    Balkan region is one of the representative territories of cultural heritage of Eastern Orthodox Christian Church. Balkans are also space of creation, inhabitation, visiting, representation, and safeguarding of emblematic sacred sites. Based on experience and our continuous detailed and analytical observation on accessibility in the context of pilgrimage tourism of Balkan countries, this paper assumes variety of data and perspectives on heritage management by interdisciplinary expert communication.

Keywords

Accessibility Studies; Socialisation of Cultural Heritage; Eastern Orthodox Christian Church; Pilgrimage Tourism; Management of Sacred Sites; Accessibility of Religious Places; Objects; Denominational Events and Data

Acknowledgement

    Изследването е частично финансирано по проект „Дигитална достъпност за хора със специални потребности: методология, концептуални модели и иновативни екосистеми“ чрез договор №КП-06-Н42/4 от 08.12.2020 г. с фонд „Научни изследвания“ на Република България.

Links

https://www.doi.org/10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2021_2_015

http://www.math.bas.bg/vt/kin/files/papers/7_2/15-KIN-7-2-2021.pdf

Cite as

Bogdanova, G., Galabova, L. (2021). Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Proving of Accessibility of Balkan Sacred Sites for People with Special Needs (Part 1). Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (KIN Journal), 7(2), ISSN 2367-8038, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 164–171. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2021_2_015

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